Current Solitude fellow Yuri Umemoto is part of the closing concert »Lichtspielscene« at the PODIUM Festival Esslingen! 🥳
Yuri Umemoto creates works ranging from stage performances to recordings.
Photo by Sophia Hegewald
We’re excited to share that current Solitude fellow Peter Okotor and former fellows Karina Pino Gallardo and Peter Weigand will contribute to the event »Kirchen × Kunst × Gemeinschaft: Welche Räume brauchen wir für ein neues Miteinander?« at St. Maria Stuttgart on April 25–26.
New on the Solitude Blog!
What does it mean to stay awake together? Sharmila Samant’s gathering »Staying Awake: Towards the Thresholds of a Shared Dawn« traced the sunrise from Fiji to Stuttgart in memory of late artist Tushar Joag.
Image: »Staying Awake: Towards the Thresholds of a Shared Dawn«
Check out the latest Solitude Blog contribution by Alina Sarnatska on the meaning of »luck« in a reality shaped by uncertainty, danger, and constant adaptation.
Image: Alina Sarnatska
Congratulations to our Solitude alumna Silke Hofmann on being awarded the Bavarian State Prize 2026 for her work »Embrace«, which she also developed during her Solitude fellowship (2023–2024)! 🎉
Read more about it on the website. 📎
Image: Eva Jünger, EXEMPLAmünchen
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Ein Bild zeigt eine schwarze Silhouette eines Schwans mit ausgebreiteten Flügeln auf einem Bildschirm, umgeben von Holzelementen in einem dunklen Raum.
We are happy to invite you to the exhibition opening »RESTLESS« by current fellow Hiba G. Isleem!
Exhibition Opening: April 28, 6 pm ⏰️
When: April 29–May 2, 2026 🗓️
Where: Barn of Akademie Schloss Solitude📍
Image: Exhibition view »RESTLESS«, Hiba G. Isleem
Two individuals, a man and a woman, sitting at a piano in a room with wooden floors.
The event series »shindig« by current Solitude fellow Lukas Beyer is going for round #7!
Pianist Mai Kawano performs works by Yuri Umemoto, Ben Nobuto, and Lukas Beyer.
Saturday, April 18, 2026, 9 PM 🗓️
Kunstraum 34, Filderstraße 34, Stuttgart 📍
Image: Yuri Umemoto, Mai Kawano
#akademiesolitude
Eine Person, die auf dem Boden in einem dunklen Wald sitzt.
We’re excited to share two event tips from the Solitude community featuring former fellow Anna Gohmert⭐️
»STERBN ÜBEN – DAS LEBEN ALS 5-AKTER«
When & Where: April 12–24, 2026, MAKkultur, Marktredwitz
»WO TREFFEN WIR UNS HEUTE NACHT?«
When & Where: April 26–June 27, 2026, Café Limbo, Weinstadt
Check out the latest Solitude Blog contribution, where Germany’s top travel writer Helge Timmerberg and Solitude fellow Nils Ketterer share how their conversations and studio experiments at Akademie Solitude evolved into the podcast »Angst und Schrecken«.
Read more on the SOLITUDE BLOG!
Join us on April 18 at 3 PM at Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, for Solitude fellow Marie Skeie's sensorial walk »Sage Passages: Sensescape of Places and Memories« followed by the atmosphere »Terra Alchimia – Landscape in the Making« by anima ona as part of »Metabolic Futures II The Politics of Smell«.
SAVE THE DATE:
Exhibition »Dreaming Beyond AI: Portals Behind the Algorithm« by the ifa Gallery Stuttgart with works by current Solitude fellows Hiba Ali and Solitude alumnus Mac Andre Arboleda! 🎉
Opening: April 25, 2026, 7 PM
Duration: April 25, 2026 – August 30, 2026
For all Solitude friends and fellows in and around Stuttgart: former fellow Niki Matita will be in southwest Germany for a few days!
SAVE THE DATES 🗓️
APRIL 10, 206: Concert at Sunny High in Bad Cannstatt 🪩
APRIL 12, 2026: Workshop at Freies Radio Wüste Welle in Tübingen 🎧
Image: Niki Matita
Ein abstraktes, farbintensives Gemälde voller Details und Symbolik.
We have great news to share from the community! Former fellow Nadja Schöllhammer shows her work »Grand Guignol« in the exhibition »Schnitträume« at Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art until April, 12!
Image: Nadja Schöllhammer »Grand Guignol« (2018), photos by Eric Tschernow
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Check out the latest Solitude Blog contribution about Agnieszka Mastalerz’s moving image artwork »Mould« (2025) and the life of Polish dancer and sculptress Danuta Kwapiszewska.
Image: Agnieszka Mastalerz, »Mould«, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025. Photo: Julia Pietrzak-Szczudło.
Join our team! // Die Akademie Schloss Solitude bietet ab dem 1. Juli 2026 zwei Praktikumsstellen in den Bereichen Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit sowie Programmarbeit an // ✨️
Mehr Infos auf der Website. https://bit.ly/4bjNG7y
Grafik: © Akademie Schloss Solitude
#internship #applynow
A smiling woman wearing glasses and a gray sweater stands outdoors surrounded by greenery.
On March 24, silent green Kulturquartier Berlin hosts the Day of Poetry in collaboration with Akademie Schloss Solitude including current fellow Jeannette Hunziker.
When: March 24, 2026, 7 PM. Free entry!
Where: silent green Kulturquartier, Berlin
Image: Jeannette Hunziker, photo Marius Stalder
It’s almost here! Join us tomorrow at 7 PM for the opening of the exhibition »A Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day«
Venue: Project space of Akademie Schloss Solitude, Römerstraße 2A, 70178 Stuttgart 📍
Design by Miriam Humm
The image shows orange and purple text on a colored background, announcing an exhibition or event called "Metabolic Futures II: The Politics of Smell" from April 17-18, 2026.
Warm invitation to the event »Metabolic Futures II – The Politics of Smell« on April 17–18, 2026.
Read more: www.akademie-solitude.de/en/event/metabolic-futur...
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Exciting news from the Solitude community: Former fellows Alena Starostina and Ivan Nikolaev – also known as aliveduo (@aliveduodresden) – are premiering their new piece »Black Box« from March 27 at HELLERAU – European Center for the Arts in Dresden, Germany! 🎉
Image: aliveduo
Three small framed artworks in red, blue, and green hues are displayed on a plain white background.
This image depicts a minimalist art gallery space with wooden beams and simple framed artworks hung on the walls.
For all Solitude friends and fellows in and around Ulm: Current fellow Caroline Douville (@erzu.lie) is part of the exhibition »Jahresgaben 2026« (Annual Editions) at the Kunstverein Ulm! 🥳
On view: Until April 12, 2026.
Images: Photos by Kunstverein Ulm
A man with a beard, wearing a red shirt, is looking directly at the camera.
Great news: The poetry collection »The Missing Prayer« of Solitude alumnus Ammar Aziz has been published by Red River in India! 📖
»The Missing Prayer« is the first poetry collection by multidisciplinary Pakistani artist, literary translator, and filmmaker Ammar Aziz.
Image: Ammar Aziz
A person with a beard wearing glasses and a graphic t-shirt in a dark setting.
#webreswednesday // beatnyk with »Mapping Dissonance«
We are happy to introduce beatnyk!
Read the detailed project description on our website. 💫
Image: beatnyk
#akademiesolitude #digitalsolitude #webresidencies
Ein großer, gelber Kreis vor einem grünlichen Hintergrund.
Join our team! // Die Akademie Schloss Solitude bietet ab dem 1. Juli 2026 zwei Praktikumsstellen an im Bereich Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und im Bereich Programmarbeit // ✨️
Mehr Infos auf der Website. https://bit.ly/4bjNG7y
Grafik: © Akademie Schloss Solitude
#internship #applynow
Current and former fellows of the Akademie Schloss Solitude invite you to the exhibition »A Broken Clock Is Right Twice A Day – Disorder, Simultaneity, and the Politics of the Temporal«! ✨️
Opening: March 19, 2026, 7 PM at the Akademie's project space Römerstraße
Design by Miriam Humm
The image shows a woman with short dark hair against a vibrant purple background.
#webreswednesday // Laura Fong Prosper with »A River for Life: The Río Cobre Archive«
We are happy to introduce Laura Fong Prosper!
Read the detailed project description on our website and stay tuned for the next #webreswednesday. 💫
Image: Laura Fong Prosper, Photo: Guxor
A person with long brown hair wearing a red shirt and a black jacket is standing on a balcony overlooking a city skyline.
SAVE THE DATE: Solitude im Literaturhaus #3 on March 6 at 7:30 PM! ✨️
With current fellow Maddy Routon. Maddy is a writer and feminist cultural geographer, who reads excerpts from a short memoir about precarious home spaces and how they shape the lives that unfold within them.
Image: Maddy Routon
Congratulations to Golschan Ahmad Haschemi, recipient of the Marie Zimmermann Fellowship for Dramaturgy 2026!
The image shows a person with black hair wearing a white shirt, facing the camera with a neutral expression.
The event series »shindig« initiated by current fellow Lukas Beyer returns for its sixth edition!
The evening focuses on the Rothko String Quartet and pieces by Yuri Umemoto. In cooperation with PODIUM Esslingen.
March 8, 2026, 5:00 PM at Projektraum Römerstraße, Stuttgart
Image: Yuri Umemoto
The image shows a Black man wearing a navy blue suit jacket and white shirt, standing in a studio setting against a dark background.
#webreswednesday // Joshua Kroon with »The Songkeeper’s Ledger« 👾
We are happy to introduce Joshua Kroon!
Read the detailed project description online on our website and stay tuned for the next #webreswednesday. 💫
Image: Joshua Kroon
#akademiesolitude #webresidencies
Solitude im Literaturhaus #3 on March 6 at 7:30 PM! ✨️
With current fellow Anna Lublina. They present a poetry performance in which language unfolds through the rhythmic crushing of garlic, shaped by repetition and transformation.
Image: Anna Lublina, photo by Eden Jetschmann
